"The Personal Is Political," or Why Women's Rights Are Indeed Human Rights: An African Perspective on International Feminism

An African women's perspective on international feminism and human rights is offered. The recent Beijing women's conference was a watershed in international feminism, but the movement's future direction is the big question.

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Blacks
Conferences
Developing countries
Equal rights
FEMALE SEX
Females
FEMININE POLITICS
Feminism
Feminist theory
Future
Human Rights
Human rights movements
HUMAN RIGHTS, DECLARATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS, AND HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSIONS (OFFICIAL ORGANIZATIONS)
International human rights
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Law
LDCs
Political debate
POLITICAL EVALUATION
Politics
Third World
Treaties
Violence against women
Women
Women's rights
Women's status
Womens Rights
Womens rights movements
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